A woman died and an 11-year-old child was injured after someone fired shots into an Overland Park duplex near the scene of a double homicide last week.

Police said shots were fired into a duplex in the 7800 block of West 61st Terrace about 6:20 p.m. Nine people were inside the house, including seven children. One resident in the neighborhood said she heard at least two dozen shots fired, saying it sounded like an automatic weapon.

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A woman in her 30s and the child were struck by the gunfire. The woman later died of her injuries at a hospital. The child's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

The shooting happened at a home across the street from where two young men, Valik Henderson and Trevon Anderson, were killed Tuesday night.

"It is a terrible thing for us to have to be out here again after last week," said Officer Gary Mason of the Overland Park Police Department. "We haven't even had the funerals for the two people that were killed, so we have this going on and it is just terrible for us to be out here."

Police said they're investigating possible connections.

Witnesses said the shooter was either black with a light complexion or Hispanic and in his late teens. He was last seen getting into a gray Pontiac Grand Prix that another person was driving.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Overland Park Police Department at 913-895-6300 or the Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 81`6-474-8477.